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What county do you think is the richest in the nation?
If you said it is in California, Texas or New York city you would be wrong.
Damn I couldn't believe this until I followed it up on Forbes...
Nation’s Wealthiest ‘County:’ 7 Miles from D.C.; 32.8% Work for Government; $125,635 Median Income
Nation’s Wealthiest ‘County:’ 7 Miles from D.C.; 32.8% Work for Government; $125,635 Median Income
The City of Falls Church, Va.--which the Census Bureau treats as a “county” because it is an independent city that is not a part of any county—had a median household income of $125,635 in 2014.
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The center of Falls Church City—at Broad and Washington streets--is only about 7 miles by road from the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, which crosses the Potomac River into Washington, D.C.
In the five-year period from 2010-2014, according to the Census Bureau’s estimate, there were 7,290 Falls Church City residents 16 and older who were employed.
2,389 of these—or 32.8 percent—worked for government.
America's Richest Counties 2014
We rank the nation’s wealthiest counties by median household income data from the Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for 2012, the last full year for which data is available. Other D.C.-area counties raking in the money: Fairfax, Arlington and Stafford counties in Virginia and Howard County in Maryland, the home base of Johns Hopkins’ applied physics lab. All of those counties boast median household income of at least $95,000 annually
Washington isn’t the only area that benefits from government spending. Coming in at No. 3, with a median household income of more than $112,000 annually, is Los Alamos, N.M., home to the famous Los Alamos National Laboratory. The $2.2 billion government research facility employs 9,000 people and supports a local ecosystem of restaurants and stores.
If you said it is in California, Texas or New York city you would be wrong.
Damn I couldn't believe this until I followed it up on Forbes...
Nation’s Wealthiest ‘County:’ 7 Miles from D.C.; 32.8% Work for Government; $125,635 Median Income
Nation’s Wealthiest ‘County:’ 7 Miles from D.C.; 32.8% Work for Government; $125,635 Median Income
The City of Falls Church, Va.--which the Census Bureau treats as a “county” because it is an independent city that is not a part of any county—had a median household income of $125,635 in 2014.
Snip
The center of Falls Church City—at Broad and Washington streets--is only about 7 miles by road from the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, which crosses the Potomac River into Washington, D.C.
In the five-year period from 2010-2014, according to the Census Bureau’s estimate, there were 7,290 Falls Church City residents 16 and older who were employed.
2,389 of these—or 32.8 percent—worked for government.
America's Richest Counties 2014
We rank the nation’s wealthiest counties by median household income data from the Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for 2012, the last full year for which data is available. Other D.C.-area counties raking in the money: Fairfax, Arlington and Stafford counties in Virginia and Howard County in Maryland, the home base of Johns Hopkins’ applied physics lab. All of those counties boast median household income of at least $95,000 annually
Washington isn’t the only area that benefits from government spending. Coming in at No. 3, with a median household income of more than $112,000 annually, is Los Alamos, N.M., home to the famous Los Alamos National Laboratory. The $2.2 billion government research facility employs 9,000 people and supports a local ecosystem of restaurants and stores.
